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Recorded at out October 2024 chapter meeting
Presenter Leon DominickWhen other plants are losing their leaves, this multi-trunk shrub is beginning to display its beauty. In the rocky soils of the Hill Country, it grows 3 - 4 feet, but in the sands of east Texas it can get to be 6 - 10 feet. It will grow in most any soil. Drought tolerant and partially deer resistant, this plant has large, somewhat dull and rough textured leaves that turn yellow to golden brown after the first frost.
It will grow in full sun if it has sufficient moisture, but prefers its place in the understory, dappled shade of the woods. It can be easily propagated by seed or cuttings. It is the seeds that give this plant its unique place in the landscape. Turning purple or sometimes white in the fall, the seeds are an important source for home bound birds when cold fronts begin to blow in from the northwest. The American Beautyberry, also known as French mulberry, is easily maintained by trimming, and an occasional chain-saw ground-level pruning. Fertilize with organic fertilizer in September and mulch in the fall to protect its root system against drying out during the winter.Beautyberry is a NPSOT Lindheimer Chapter NICE! 2024 Fall Native Plant selection.Text by David Will. Photo by John Siemssen

Plant of the Month Oct24 American Beautyberry

Shaun McCoshum, PhD, will be presenting “Creating Wildlife Habitat with Hibernacula, Shelters, Food, and Water." Join us for an engaging and informative presentation on the ways we can create crucial habitat resources for wildlife in gardens. Topics include creating spaces for toads and amphibians to hibernate, insect life-cycles, providing food resources, and hydration stations. Ideas and processes are contextualized as they historically occurred in the landscape with clear applications to garden design.

Lindheimer October 2024 Meeting

Pollinators and Native Plants, What it Means For Our Future
Speaker Ricky Linex President Native Plant Society of Texas
Ricky Linex is a wildlife biologist recently retired from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) where he worked for 38.5 years. Over the Last 18 years Ricky served 52 counties in north-central Texas. Ricky is the author of Range Plants of North Central Texas, A Land User’s Guide to their Identification, Value and Management.

Lindheimer September Meeting 2024

Craig Hensley, with Texas Parks and Wildlife, will be presenting ”Using iNaturalist for Understanding the Distribution and Potential Conservation of Native Plants.” iNaturalist has become an important tool for both the general public’s ability to learn about the nature around them as well as providing important information on the distribution of native flora and fauna. This presentation will introduce you to the app, tips for getting the best identifications of plants, and how agencies like TPWD use the app for conservation-related activities.Craig Hensley is one of two Texas Nature Trackers Biologists with the Community Stewardship and Engagement Program with TPWD.

Lindheimer Aug24 Meeting

About our Speaker:Joanne Hall, from South Texas Growers, will be presenting about pollinators with a special focus on native grasses.South Texas Growers is a wholesale and retail nursery located in Bulverde, Texas, established in 1992 by Mike and Joanne Hall. They specialize in Texas native and adapted plants that are home-grown at the nursery and offer design services in Bulverde and surrounding areas. The growing process begins with seeds harvested from the local area, making plants with local genetics available to the public.

July Meeting 2024

Land Stewardship for Birds: A Guide For Central Texas.
Rufus Stephens, co-author of Land Stewardship for Birds: A Guide For Central Texaswill be presenting about Central Texas Birds and their habitats. Nearly 50 years of research shows that over time, the number of North American birds has declined by 2.9 billion. Breeding birds have declined by nearly 30 percent in virtually all habitats, and Central Texas is no exception. Just as human impact on the environment has contributed to habitat loss, so can our actions restore the habitats that oncesustained thriving bird populations.

Lindheimer Meeting Jun24

Colleen Dieter, from Central Texas Seed Savers (CTSS), will be presenting the “Who, What, Where, When, Why and How” of seed collection. Material will concentrate on collecting native seeds, seed viability and seed sharing

Lindheimer May24 Meeting

This is an excellent presentation by Andy Blair about landscaping for drought resiliency by improving the health of the soil and choosing native drought resilient plants.

Lindheimer Mar24Meeting

LBJWC Seed Bank & Rare Plant Conservation
Jessi White, Seed Bank Coordinator

Leon Dominick changes what we normally think of when we hear Fall Colors. Most think trees and are blind to all our colorful fall native plants. Leon opens ours eyes to all the great fall colors of our narive plants

Lindheimer Nov23 Meeting

“Starting from Seed”
Everything about seeds has a bearing on their main purpose, to insure the continuation of life. Without plants, life as we know it would not exist on this planet. Native plants are the basis to every local food chain. All cellular energy comes from plants, by either consuming a plant or consuming something that already consumed a plant. So, how is it that something as small as a seed has so much power? Join us as we “dig” into the importance of planting native seeds, how to think like a seed, and how to successfully grow native plants from seeds.

LindheimerSepMeeting23

Ecosystem Regeneration Artisans is a green stormwater infrastructure landscape company and native plant nursery dedicated to reviving Texas rivers, recharging the Edwards aquifer, restoring wildlife habitat and making living in Texas rewarding for our life-loving clients. Our specialty is creating rainscapes to transform your space into an oasis for biodiversity.

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